Christian teacher embroiled in child sex scandal.

He was a teacher at a Christian elementary school for 13 years, and the criminal counts are all in connection with abuse suffered by children under the age of 14.

The official number of complainants has not been release by police, although they say that the number is growing as more victims come forward after the floodgates were opened, as is often the case with matters of this nature.

The former Sioux Center Christian was first arrested in October and since then the counts against him have been mounting.

At present the counts he faces are 14 counts of sexual exploitation by a teacher, 72 counts of 2nd degree sexual abuse, 12 counts of 3rd degree sexual abuse, three counts of lascivious acts with a child, 34 counts of lascivious conduct with a minor, and five counts of indecent exposure.

“The entire community is shocked and also very saddened,” Adkins said. “Emotions are very high in the community” “I’ve been here for 44 years and we have never had anything like this at all happen,” he continued “I’m trying to protect the victims as much as I can,” Adkins said. “I can tell you there were numerous victims and that all the victims were children.”